Associate Director
Associate Director – Building Performance (IES VE)
📍 Preferred Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office)
Applications are also welcomed from candidates based in Glasgow, Leeds, Warrington or Birmingham, with attendance at the nearest office three days per week.
💷 Up to £80,000 + Excellent Benefits
Lead the Future of Building Performance
Are you an experienced Building Performance Consultant with exceptional IES VE expertise and consultancy management experience?
Zest4Talent is partnering with a leading multidisciplinary consultancy to recruit an Associate / Associate Director to lead and develop its growing Building Performance team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly respected consultancy delivering innovative, sustainable building solutions across the UK. You'll combine technical excellence with leadership, mentoring, client relationship management and business development.
The Role
You'll take ownership of a diverse portfolio of projects while supporting the continued growth of the Building Performance team.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Leading Building Performance and Sustainability projects across multiple sectors.
* Delivering and reviewing Dynamic Thermal Modelling using IES VE.
* Providing technical leadership on overheating assessments, thermal comfort, operational energy and building performance.
* Managing, mentoring and developing a team of consultants.
* Building and maintaining strong client relationships.
* Supporting business development and winning new work.
* Ensuring projects are delivered to programme, budget and the highest technical standards.
* Contributing to the strategic growth of the consultancy.
About You
We're looking for someone with:
* Extensive experience within a Building Performance or Sustainability Consultancy.
* Expert user of IES VE.
* Previous consultancy management or team leadership experience.
* Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
* Commercial awareness with experience developing client relationships.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills.
* A passion for developing people and driving technical excellence.
Location
The preferred location for this position is Edinburgh, however applications are also encouraged from candidates based in:
* Glasgow
* Leeds
* Warrington
* Birmingham
This is a hybrid position, requiring attendance in your nearest office three days per week.
Salary & Benefits
* Salary up to £80,000 DOE
* Excellent benefits package
* Hybrid working
* Career progression into senior leadership
* Ongoing professional development
* Varied and technically challenging projects
* Collaborative and supportive working environment
Apply Today
If you're an experienced Building Performance Consultant looking to step into a senior leadership position and have the technical expertise in IES VE to drive excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
Zest4Talent is a specialist recruitment consultancy partnering with organisations across the Building Performance, Sustainability and Building Compliance sectors.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, visas are not supported for this role